The article examines the issue of compensation of prisoners of war currently held in Ukraine. It is noted that 75 years have passed since the adoption of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, and some of its provisions are now outdated or irrelevant. One of these norms is the amount of compensation for the labour of prisoners of war. Since there is some debate about the criterion of fairness today, the authors analyse the purchasing power of the Swiss franc in 1949 versus 2024 and provide a conclusion on this issue.

Key words: prisoners of war, labour, labour compensation, labour relations, employment, State Criminal and Executive Service of Ukraine, International Committee of the Red Cross, international humanitarian law, Geneva Convention, legal status, prisoner of war camps, prisoner of war detention centres.

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